accoutre
See also: accoutré
English
Alternative forms
- (chiefly US) accouter
Etymology
- First attested in the 1590s.
- From French accoutrer, from Old French acoustrer, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin acconsūtūrāre (“to equip with clothes”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ad (“to”) + consūtūra (“sewing, clothes”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cōnsuō (“to sew together”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin con- (“together”) + suō (“to sew”)
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Verb
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- (transitive) To furnish with dress, or equipment, especially those for military service; to equip.
- 1600, William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, III-iv:
- Both accoutred like young men.
- 1810, Reuben Percy and Sholto Percy, The Percy Anecdotes
- It was therefore resolved that the king should ride on Humphrey Penderel's horse, which was taken from the grass, and accoutred with a pitiful old saddle and a worse bridle.
- 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion
- Both while he trod the earth in humblest guise
Accoutred with his burden and his staff
- Both while he trod the earth in humblest guise
- 6 July 2017, Tyrel Rodricks, Architectural Digest India, We can’t take our eyes off the BMW 8 Series concept car
- The hexagonal design motifs seen around the exterior are featured extensively in the carbon-fibre and leather accoutred interiors.
Derived terms
Translations
to equip, to attire, to array
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French
Pronunciation
Verb
accoutre
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